Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4679 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman and Early Saxon pot (poorly located) |
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Summary
Some complete Early Saxon pots were found with a piece of Roman samian pottery in the 19th century. These finds may be confused with some from Saham Toney. The exact location of their discovery is unclear.
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Location
Full description
Mid 19th century.
'Urns plainly of Early Saxon type' found with a 'bit of Samian' ?Same as Saham Toney.
This information is from a letter from ?Thomas Barton to C.R. Smith - original cannot be located amoung Smith's papers in Exeter City Library, but there is transcript by Professor Haverfield in his manuscript at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Information taken from (S1) and reported in (S2).
These are probably the same urns and a piece of Samian recorded as being found in Saham Toney, recorded under NHER 8755.
H. Mellor (HES), 18 April 2016.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SW 7. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Cressingham (Little). |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 241. |
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